Auction - Limited Mintage SGB & XAG Silver

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  1. SilverBags

    SilverBags Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Hi adze67, found this by iceblue

    Gday all Jan 2014 SGB will release 2 new rounds.
    The first one will be the 3rd round in The series of dissent ' too big to fail ' which we put pics up of in the new year.
    Secondly I would like to introduce you to ' Ra ' the Egyptian sun god, another project we have had on the go.
    The ancient Egyptians had another name for the phoenix: Bennu, aka "He who came into being by himself". The myth goes that the bird created itself from a burning holy tree. The Bennu is supposed to be the soul of the Egyptian Sun God called Ra. The Egyptian phoenix looked like a heron.
    We however have taken a more traditional looking phoenix reaching out too embrace the sun god Ra.
    Total Mintage 8888.
    8800 Bullion rounds.
    Extremely limited proof of 88 units.

    Link below to source
    https://www.silverstackers.com/foru...-jan-2014-from-south-gippsland-bullion.48889/

    SB
     
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    Lot 2 (SGB Reaper) – $51
    Lot 3 (SGB Leaders) – $51
    Lot 4 (SGB TBTF) – $51
    Lot 5 (SGB Recycle) – $66
    Lot 6 (SGB “Ra”) – $66
     
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    adze67 Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Ahoy. Welcome Back and thanks for the bids @jcsmrjack (returning fire on the SGB's and reclaiming the high ground for Lots 2 through 6 :))
    @Darwin still with the field leading high-bid for Lot 1 (XAG Ram) :D

    Leader-Board

    Lot 1 (XAG Ram) – $100 Darwin
    Lot 2 (SGB Reaper) – $51 jcsmrjack
    Lot 3 (SGB Leaders) – $51 jcsmrjack
    Lot 4 (SGB TBTF) – $51 jcsmrjack
    Lot 5 (SGB Recycle) – $66 jcsmrjack
    Lot 6 (SGB “Ra”) – $66 jcsmrjack

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    adze67 Well-Known Member Silver Stacker

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    Hey @SilverBags, thanks for that (was wondering where I'd seen the totals ;))
    When I initially did the description for the "Ra" listed here I did describe it as the "bullion" version, but it turns out it's the same Proof coin as were used in the 88 boxed/numbered versions o_O
    I know when SGB were doing these, back in the day, that they had a lot of trouble getting the "clean" version that iceblue was looking for (lots, apparently, ended up back in the pot to "try again" :oops:...I recall "milk-spotting" was an issue :rolleyes:).
    Had 3 of these, back from the initial run, and as clean as they were, there was some VERY minor spots on a couple of them...
    So, having a "spare" one of these "bullion" versions, I decided to remove it from the OMP to have a look at just what the "bullion" version is (a little hard to tell through the capsule/plastic layers) and it turns out they are the same Proof style as the limited edition ones are :eek:

    Screenshot_20220511-210419_Motion photo viewer (2).jpg

    As you can see, there are some milk-spots (fairly minor, imho), but there appears to be a slight milky haze as well :confused:
    Now, beauty is in the eye of the beholder :p but I really think it gives quite a stunning overall appearance to the round (and every one would be different (I think, not going to open any others up) :D)
    But, it still raises the question as to just how many Bullion/OMP versions of the Ra were minted (given we know there were 88 of the boxed/numbered variety)...
    And as ALL the "Series of Dissent" rounds were the same 8888 "Maximum Mintage" (but significantly lower at final count), these "Bullion/OMP" versions would definitely be far less than 8800 (I reckon), and could even possibly be a lower population than the boxed/numbered version...or even the SGB Penguins (which topped out at 52) ;)
    Food for thought...
    :cool:
     
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    Ahoy, Welcome Back and thanks for the bids @Darwin (coming through strongly to reclaim the lead for Lots 2 through 6 (all bar the Lot 1 he already held ;)) to be, once again, auction leader across All Lots :))

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    Lot 1 (XAG Ram) – $100 Darwin
    Lot 2 (SGB Reaper) – $60 Darwin
    Lot 3 (SGB Leaders) – $60 Darwin
    Lot 4 (SGB TBTF) – $60 Darwin
    Lot 5 (SGB Recycle) – $70 Darwin
    Lot 6 (SGB “Ra”) – $70 Darwin

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    Lot 6 - $90
     
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    Ahoy, Welcome Back and thanks for the bid @mattsta (returning with a strong counter-bid for Lot 6 (The "Ra") :))

    Auction finish starting in around 22 hours' time ;)

    Leader-Board

    Lot 1 (XAG Ram) – $100 Darwin
    Lot 2 (SGB Reaper) – $60 Darwin
    Lot 3 (SGB Leaders) – $60 Darwin
    Lot 4 (SGB TBTF) – $60 Darwin
    Lot 5 (SGB Recycle) – $70 Darwin
    Lot 6 (SGB “Ra”) – $90 mattsta

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    Hi guys. Just confirming the above about the Ra rounds.

    Problems around getting the mirror finish on them right. I returned a boxed one that was 'milky'. Didn't see or buy any unboxed but certain total sold would be lower than the lowest dissent series coin.

    Aussie made and not common.
     
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    G'day @Eureka Moments, thanks for piping in (been a while since I've seen you pop up ;) happy you're still kicking :p)
    And cheers for confirming (and thinking the same myself :D) that these "unboxed" versions are rarer than initially thought :eek:...might actually be some of the "Panda Patina" versions that iceblue was originally trying to avoid doing :rolleyes: (some of the "old-timers" might get the reference there :cool:)

    Oh, auction finishing in around 15 hours' time too o_O
     
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    Lazy Friday arvo "Auction finish starting in ~3 hours' time" Bumpski :cool:
     
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    Ahoy, Welcome Back and thanks for the bid @Darwin (taking Lot 6 (The "Ra") back with strong return of serve and pushing it out to the front of the field :)), once again leading across All Lots :D

    Auction finish starting in just under 50 minutes' time ;)

    Leader-Board

    Lot 1 (XAG Ram) – $100 Darwin
    Lot 2 (SGB Reaper) – $60 Darwin
    Lot 3 (SGB Leaders) – $60 Darwin
    Lot 4 (SGB TBTF) – $60 Darwin
    Lot 5 (SGB Recycle) – $70 Darwin
    Lot 6 (SGB “Ra”) – $110 Darwin

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